As dozens of Palestinians died from starvation as a result of Israeli-induced starvation, more than 600 former Israeli security officials have urged US President Donald Trump to end the country’s occupation of Gaza.
Trump received a letter on Sunday making the appeal. Former Mossad leader Tamir Pardo, former Shin Bet leader Ami Ayalon, and former deputy Israeli army chief Matan Vilnai are among its signatories. They demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put pressure on him to put an end to the nearly two-year conflict in Gaza.
More than two million Palestinians are battling the hunger crisis in Gaza, where the protests continue as the country grows in furore.
“Everything that could be accomplished by force has been accomplished.” The Commanders for Israel’s Security (CIS) organization shared the letter in a post on X, saying that the hostages could not wait.
The letter stated that “the Israeli army has accomplished two of its three objectives by force, which is to destroy Hamas’ military formations and governance,” but that “the third goal, which is to bring back all Israeli captives, can only be reached through a deal.”
“Stop the Gaza War!” We ask that you end the Gaza war on behalf of Israel’s largest group of former [military] generals and equivalents from Mossad, Shin Bet, Police, and Diplomatic Corps,” the letter read.
You did it in Lebanon, I say. It was also time to do it in Gaza, it continued.
אנו נמצאים בחלון הזדמנויות נדיר להובלת מהלך אזורי ובינלאומי לשינוי יסודי ברצועה.
לטראמפ יש את היכולת לעשות זאת.בשם 550 בכירי עבר מכל זרועות הביטחון ושירות החוץ שלחנו מכתב לנשיא טראמפ: עצור את המלחמה והשב את החטופים.
כל מה שניתן להשיג בכוח – הושג. החטופים לא יכולים להמתין עוד. … pic. twitter.com/4gWFC0W9PV
Translation: We have a rare opportunity to influence a global and regional movement for fundamental change in the Gaza Strip. Trump is capable of doing this. We wrote to President Trump in a letter urging him to end the conflict and bring the hostages back, on behalf of 550 former senior officials from all branches of security and international service. Everything that could be accomplished by force has been accomplished. The hostages are unable to endure. The moment of truth is right now. We urge President Trump to use all of his legal authority right away to do this!
The security officials claimed that Trump’s credibility depends on how well he can “direct” Netanyahu.
Gaza was transformed into rubble
After Netanyahu claimed he wanted the Geneva-based international organization to intervene, Hamas announced on Sunday that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) would be able to provide aid to Israeli prisoners in Gaza.
Netanyahu has refuted Israeli claims that Palestinians are experiencing “systematic starvation,” saying that there is “systematic starvation” occurring in Gaza.
The armed wing of Hamas, the Qassam Brigades, claims that the prisoners “eat what our fighters and all of our people eat.”
According to the group’s spokesman, Abu Obeida, “They will not receive any special privileges amid the crime of starvation and siege.”
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli army has been fighting in Gaza, killing more than 60 Palestinians, the majority of them women and children, since rejecting international demands for a ceasefire.
The enclave has become rubble-stained and on the verge of famine as a result of the military campaign.
Israeli Prime Minister Yoav Gallant and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant were the subjects of arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court in Gaza in November for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Source: Aljazeera
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